Rueters Article: Intel, Microsoft sell 150,000 laptops to Libya

Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:55am EDT: By Jim Finkle. BOSTON (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) are supplying Libya's government with 150,000 rugged laptop computers that cost $200 to build and are designed to meet the needs of children in developing countries. Intel spokeswoman Agnes Kwan said in an interview on Tuesday night that Libya's education ministry ordered the equipment in August and shipments began last month. "So far it's going well. We're just a month into the deployment," Kwan told Reuters. The sale of the devices was reported by Libya's domestic press in August, she said, but Intel and Microsoft have yet to discuss it outside of that country.

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Published Date: May 5, 2008